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SunEdison signs PPA with Southern Nevada Water AuthoritySunEdison announced that it has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement, or PPA, with the Southern Nevada Water Authority, or SNWA. The power purchase agreement enables SNWA to lock in a significant portion of its energy costs at a fixed rate, providing an effective hedge against future increases. As part of the agreement, SunEdison will develop, construct, own and operate a 14 megawatt AC solar photovoltaic power plant, located in Clark County, Nevada. Construction of the facility will begin in early 2015 with commercial operation slated for later that year.

SunEdison purchases 1K energy storage systems from ImergySunEdison announced that it plans to purchase up to 1,000 vanadium flow batteries from Imergy Power Systems. The vanadium flow batteries will be used to store solar-generated electricity for SunEdison's rural electrification and solar powered minigrid projects in India. SunEdison will also increase its equity investment in Imergy. This aims to strengthen the supply relationship between the two companies as SunEdison begins deployment of its extensive rural electrification program in India.

SunEdison to provide Georgetown, Texas, with 150 MW of solar power SunEdison (SUNE) will construct new solar plants in West Texas to supply the City of Georgetown with 150 MW of solar power for 25-years. The SunEdison solar plants will be interconnected in 2016, and will provide over 9,500 gigawatt-hours of clean energy to Georgetown through 2041. Upon completion, SunEdison expects to offer this project for investment to TerraForm Power (TERP).